Folding baby-carriage



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J. C. CRAIG & W. TAYLOR. POLDING'BABY CARRIAGE.

NO. 592,079. Patented OG t. 19,1897.

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J..C. CRAIG n W. TAYLOR. FOLDING BABY CARRIAGE.

No. 592,079. y Patented Oct. 19,1897.-

UNITE f [STATES PATENT @Friend- JAMns o'UsII'NIE CRAIG AND WILLIAM TAYLOR, or sALT LAKE `CITY, UTAH.

FOLDINGI BABYf-oARmAe E.

SPECIFICATION frmingpart of Letters" Patent'uq. 592,079, dated octobefio, i897.

Agpntltzitnnta May lamer.'

To all whom imag/,.concern:

Be it known that We., VJAMIIIs CUsHNIE and WILLIAM TAYLOR', citizens of the United States, residing at Salt' Lake City, in the county of Salt Lake and State of Utah, have invented a new and useful Foldi,ngiBaby-.Garriage, of which the following is aspecification.` The invention relates to .A baby, carriages adapted to be folded together in a longitudinal direction, in order that they may be in a compact form for storage or transportation. The objectof the invention is` to improve the construction of carriagesof this .class in order that Vthe folding/or .opening may be quickly and easily accomplished;

With this and other lobjects in view the invention consists in the several details of construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter fully described, and particularlypointed out in the claims.` In the drawings, Figure '1 is a front perspective view of the carriage open. Fig. 2 is a bottom yplan view.A Fig. 3 is a rear' elevation. Fig. 4 is a side' elevation, the wheels and side-bar of the running-gear beingremoved on one side of the carriage. Fig. 5 is a bottom plan view of the carriage partially folded.-

Similar reference-numerals indicate similar parts in the several figures.

The bottom 'of the carriage-"body, formed of two sections 1, hinged together at their meeting edges, as indicated at 2, in such manner that the sections will fold downwardly and inwardly. f

3 indicates the sides of the body, which may consist of any suitable openi framework, or they may be solid,'as preferred. The lower edges of the sides are hinged to the outer edges of the bottom, as indicated at 4." The ends 5 of the carriage-body consist of lazytongs frames, which arepivoted at each end to the respective ends of the Asidesas indicated at 6. The sides of the frame may be upholstered, in `any suitable manner. Each of the bottomI sections Inay be covered with any suitable material.

The seat-cushion is indicated by 7 and is removable in order that it may not interfere with the folding of the carriage.

The running-gear consists of the side bars. 8, from ea'ch ofwhich the pills 9 project and CRAIG- stritiraeeaeeo. (Neteasy whichpins serve as axles for the wheels 10. Each bar is provided near its ends with inwardly-projecting ears 1l, and tov these ears the links 12 are pivoted at their outerv ends. The inner ends of each'pair of links are pivoted togetheras indicated at 14, andtoa bar 13, which extends centrally of the carriage in a longitudinaldirection. -A At the front end of the bar: 13, and just in the rear of its pivotal connection tothe front pair of links 12, ears 15 extend upwardly at an obtuse angle, and to theseA ears the'links 16 are pivoted at their lower ends andthe upper ends of the 'links are pivoted to ears l'Z'on the sides of the carriage-body. Y

. 18 indicates an S-shaped spring, the upper end of which will'preferablyi form the pintle of the rear hinged, which connects the sections of thev bottom of the carriage-body together. Tothe lowerendof the i5-shaped 'spring a Vcasting 19 is'rigidly secured. This casting consists of the vertical bar 20, the upper end of which is bent rearwardly at an obtuse angle, as indicated at 21. An angle-bar 22, which is integral with the vertical bar 20, extends forwardly of the saidbar, and the verticaharm of Ythis, angle-bar, as well as the bar 20, is provided with' reetangularalining openings 23,'whi'ch openings are somewhat wider in a lateral direction than theyare in the vertical direction, for a purpose to be hereinafter referredto. The bar 13,. is also provided with upwardly-proj ectingears 24:,which are perforated, and a` rod 25 is supported in `the perforations in Ithe Years 24Lvandin therectangular lopenings 23 Yto,` have longitudinal `movement therein. The rod is provided with an enlargement26, which is adapted to engage the front and rear ears 24, respectively, to limit the sliding' movement of saidfrod in a forward or backward direction.

27 indicates the handle, whichis rectangular in cross-section and bifu-rcated at its lower end to form two arms 28 in order to straddle the reduced end of the rod 2,5 and to which it is pivoted, as indicated at 29. The handle is somewhat wider in one direction than it is in the other in order 'to correspond togthe shape of the rectangular openings 23, and it can therefore oniy slide through such openings'whenturnedin the proper-position; :The upper bent end 21 of the bar 20 is provided roo thereby lock the handle to the lug.

with a rearwardly-projecting lug 30, adapted to t into the space between the arms 2S, and 3l indicatesasliding collar on the handle 27, adapted to slide down over the lug 30 and lVhen in this position, the handle is in the proper position to propel the carriage. The upper end of the handle is provided with a handlebar 32 in the usual manner.

33 indicates links, which are pivoted to each other and to the horizontal member of the angle-bar 22 at one end, and the other ends of these links are pivotally connected to the pair of links l2 at the rear end of the carriage.

3l indicates a chain which is connected at its upper end to a lug 35 on the pintle of the front hinge l and at its lower end to the ring 36, which tits loosely on the sliding rod 25 and is adapted to engage the front ear 24 when the carriage is open.

In order to fold the carriage, the slidin g collar 3l must be moved up on the handle suiiciently to disengage it from the lug 30, when the handle may be swung down into a horizontal plane. The handle is then given a quarter-turn in order to bring it into the proper position to enable it to slide through the rectangular openin 33,when by grasping the downwardly-projecting part of the vertical bar 2O and pushing on the handle the several links as well as the sections of the bottom of the carriage-body will be caused to fold toward each other and thereby bring the carriage into the position illustrated in Fig. 5, which shows the carriage partially folded, it being, of course, understood that the seatcushion 7 has been previously removed.

It is obvious that by continuing the inward movement of the handle,the several links and the sections of the bottom of the carriage-body will fold together until the u pholsterin g on the opposite sides of the carriage-body comes in contact, when the carriage will be in a very compact form and the handle-bar will be entirely within the wheels.

lVhen the carriage is in its folded position and it is desired to open it, it is only necessary to pull on the handle 27 and apply an opposite pressure to the bar 20, when the carriage will readily be brought into its open position. The handle must then be given a quarter-turn and folded upward until it engages the lug 30, when by sliding the collar31 down over the lug 30 the parts will be locked against movement and the carriage will maintain its open position.

In the movements just described it is of course to be understood that the casting 19 maintains its position and that the central bar 13 moves forwardly with the sliding rod 25 and the handle 27.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that the mechanism by which the folding and unfolding are eected is of an extremely simple character and requires but very little time to operate it.

The several parts constituting the folding mechanism will preferably be made of aluminium or of steel, in order to insure suilicient strength to the several parts without having them of any considerable weight.

It will be understood that changes in the form, proportion, and minor details of construction inay be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Vhat we claim is- 1. In a baby-carriage, a body adapted to fold on a central longitudinal line, a runninggear consisting of two side-bars on which the wheels are journaled, pairs of links pivotally connected at one end to the ends ofthe sidebars and the links of each pair being pivotally connected to each other at their adjacent ends and to a movable bar extending centrally and longitudinally of the body, and links pivotally connecting the body to4 the running-gear, combined with a casting connected to the body, a sliding rod supported at its rear end in the casting and having a sliding connection with said central bar, and a handle pivotally connected at its lower end to the rear end of the sliding rod and adapted to have a sliding movement through the casting, substantially as described.

2. In a baby-carriage, a runninggear adapted to fold horizontally on a central longitudin al line, combined with a carriage-body consisting of a bottom formed of two sections hinged together at their front and rear ends, sides hinged to the bottom, and ends formed of lazy-tongs frames pivotally connected to the respective ends of the sides, links pivotally connected to the front ends of the sides and the front end of the running-gear, an S- shaped spring connected at its upper end to the body, a casting secured to the lower end of said spring, a sliding rod supported at its rear end in said casting and connected to the running-gear, and a handle pivoted to the rear end of the sliding bar and adapted to have a sliding movement through the said casting, substantially as described.

3. In a baby-carriage, a body the bottom of which is adapted to fold vertically on a central longitudinal line, a running-gear adapted to fold horizontally on a central longitudinal line, and links pivotally connected to the body and running-gear at their front ends, combined with a casting rigidly connected to the body at its rear end, and provided with an oblong rectangular opening, links pivotally connected to the running-gear and said casting, a sliding rod connected to the running-gear and extending through the said rectangular opening, a handle pivotally connected at its lower end to the rear end of the sliding bar, said handle being rectangular in cross-section and adapted to work through said rectangular opening when in a horizontal plane, and means to lock the handle, when elevated, to the casting, substantially as described.

4. In a baby-carriage, a body and running- IOO IIO

gear suitably connected together and adapted to fold on a central longitudinal line, combined with a casting rigidly secured to the and a sliding collar on the handle to lock the latter to the lug, substantially as described.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we have hereto affixed our signatures 15 in the presence of two witnesses.

JAMEs oUsHNIE oRAre. WILLIAM TAYLOR.

Witnesses:

SAM RANEY, J. J. OoRUM. 

